Chapter 117 Mother and Son Dialogue
"It's good that Your Majesty understands my good intentions. The court has been quite tense lately, and I have to do my best to appease everyone. Once the weather gets warmer, I will give Your Majesty a list of names, and Your Majesty can summon them then."
Seeing that she wasn't angry, Kangxi then revealed the purpose of his visit.
"Your Majesty, why not hold a small selection? I heard that some Han Banner officers will be needed this time. Selecting them for the palace would be better than bringing them directly into the palace."
Hmph, she wouldn't give those people any credit; Xiaoxuan is the best choice.
Upon hearing this, Kangxi stared at the Empress, and Fanghua did not avoid his gaze, meeting his eyes directly.
After a long while, Kangxi sighed. "Then let's do as the Empress says and hold a preliminary selection. The mourning period is over, so let's release some people out of the palace." As the emperor, he was not threatened.
Fanghua understood what he meant.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will follow your arrangements. In that case, I will have the Imperial Household Department make preparations. After all, the selection of candidates cannot be completed in a day or two." She didn't care. Even if her chosen candidates were sent out of the palace, she would have ways to make arrangements.
Ultimately, she will never be the one who suffers.
I just don't know if this San Francisco conflict has anything to do with my family.
Or was he intentionally reducing the number of meritorious officials?
Fanghua couldn't understand it, so she planned to send someone to her home to inquire. If the Emperor intended to eliminate them, then she should also send her own people to take action.
The Eight Banners were not an impenetrable fortress.
"I trust the Empress to handle things. I'll leave everything to the Empress." Kangxi rose and came to the Empress's side, taking her hands in his own as usual. "Thank you for your hard work, Empress."
"It's not hard work." My life is tough.
"These are all my duties, Your Majesty. I don't deserve such praise." He had already chosen the person himself; she was just a Taoist.
It's just a matter of loosening your grip; you won't feel too wronged.
That night, they seemed to return to normal, yet there was also something separating them.
The Empress also slept with him, and he was as wild as ever, but there was something different about him.
Half a month later, the preliminary selection at the Imperial Household Department had begun, and Fanghua received the list from the Emperor.
Looking at the names on the list, she felt a mix of emotions.
None of them were familiar. Counting the time, the people I knew in my previous life entered the palace around the fifteenth or sixteenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign.
The fact that everyone in the group that came in was a new face made her very uneasy.
There are too many variables.
"Xiao Feng, you told me not to make too many changes before, but now I have no choice but to make changes. Do you think my Yinreng will lose his mother again like in the previous life?" The closer she got to the time of giving birth to Yinreng, the more uneasy she felt.
"Master, you've forgotten. You have too many things to protect yourself now, so you'll definitely be fine. Master Yinreng will also change his fate from the previous life."
It had watched Yinreng grow up alongside its master, and its affection for him was no less than that for Chenghu. Precisely because of this, it longed for Yinreng's birth.
It was genuinely worried that its owner was so emotionally unstable.
"Don't worry, Master, everything will be alright." With that, Xiao Feng took out many life-saving pills.
All sorts of pills, such as those for facilitating childbirth, restorative pills, and ginseng pills, were placed in front of their owner.
"Master, these are the pills I prepared for you to use during childbirth. You can have Zhang Mama take them. In case of any emergency, I will have Zhang Mama feed them to you. I will make sure that you and Master Yinreng are safe and sound."
Fanghua was both amused and exasperated.
"Thank you, Xiaofeng." Fanghua was very grateful for Xiaofeng's thoughtfulness. "I will tell Zhang Mama about these things. When I give birth, you will also be in the delivery room to watch over me, just in case."
She didn't dare gamble on a man's true feelings.
"Okay, Xiao Feng will definitely protect her master."
Variables, no matter how many variables there are.
She, Hesheli, had already died once; what did she have to fear?
"Xiao Feng, tonight you will deliver a letter to the Hesheli family. I need to know what exactly happened in the previous dynasty." With this thought in mind, Fanghua remembered her important matter.
"Yes, Master, don't worry, I will deliver it safely."
Fanghua was just about to write a letter when Chenghu's voice came from outside the door.
"Empress Mother, may your son come in?"
Fanghua was taking possession of her new house, which was where she usually handled palace affairs; Chenghu rarely came here.
"Come in," Fanghua said, covering the letter she had just written a few words on with something.
Chenghu entered alone, while his wet nurse and others waited outside the door.
After entering, Chenghu closed the door.
Seeing him like this, Fanghua was very puzzled. "What's wrong?" Her son was becoming more and more like a little adult, which made Fanghua really uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty, I've come to ask you about your education." Today, his father asked him if he wanted to go and live with the princes.
He neither refused nor agreed.
He pretended to be stupid, but he knew that leaving his mother, the Empress Dowager, was only a matter of time.
"You want to start your education?" Her son was very smart, and she had already arranged for someone to teach him, but she kept it a secret from outsiders.
"Or rather, do you want to move out of Kunning Palace?" Fanghua was naturally reluctant to part with her son, but she was even more aware of Kangxi's purpose in mentioning enlightenment today.
Regardless of his motives, she had no right to object.
"I don't want to, but Father Emperor asked me." Cheng Hu's eyes showed a hint of grievance. "I'm still young and don't want to leave Mother Emperor."
He really didn't want to.
But he also understood that they didn't have the final say on this matter.
"If you don't want to leave your mother, she won't let you leave. No one can force you to do something you don't like, not even your mother." Fanghua's eyes reddened, and she felt an indescribable sadness.
She hadn't forgotten that this year marked the time Chenghu left her. Although the time when her son left in her previous life had passed, she dared not be careless in the slightest.
No one knew about this except her and Xiaofeng. Outsiders only knew that she had been personally taking care of Chenghu these days.
They simply assumed she was spoiling her child.
Chenghu hadn't expected his mother to say that, but he was also uneasy. "But Father wants his son to move to the Princes' quarters." Although he didn't know why his father wanted this, he knew that his mother wouldn't agree.
"Don't listen to your imperial father. Your mother doesn't agree. She can't let you leave my side." As the empress, can't she keep her son for a few more years?
Hmph, believe it or not, if he dares to send two-year-old Chenghu to the Prince's residence, she dares to make all the children move away from their mother.
Has he really taken her kindness all these years as a license to take advantage of him?
"Really?" Chenghu was actually quite uneasy, otherwise he wouldn't have come to the study to find his mother.
"Really." Fanghua picked up her son. Although he was strong, he was still just a child. How could she, as his mother, not be able to lift him?
"No one can take you away from the Empress Dowager." That's right, no one can take you away.
Chenghu's uneasy heart finally settled down. "Empress Mother, Father Emperor has changed."
It seems the little guy suffered quite a shock today.
"He hasn't changed, but he's not just your father, he's the emperor of the world, the sovereign and father. The sovereign comes first, then the father. Chenghu, the more you want to gain, the more you'll lose in the end."
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